On 10 Nov 08 at about 3.30pm, Security
Officer Lance Corporal (LCP) Rosli Bin Mohd Sa’ad was on duty at a bank
at a shopping centre along Geylang Rd when he spotted a Malay man
behaving suspiciously in the banking hall.

Sensing that something was amiss, LCP Rosli
decided to conduct a check on the subject. When confronted, the subject
became agitated and a scuffle ensued that attracted the attention of
some of the bank staff, who came forward to assist in subduing the Malay
man.

Police arrested eight Chinese male subjects,
aged between 14 and 27 years old, for unlicensed moneylending related
harassment activities in Hougang, Sengkang and Pasir Ris in a 20-hour
operation which ended on the morning of 27 December 2007...

Police would also like to advise revellers
and shoppers to be vigilant against opportunists who might commit molest
in crowds. Most of these molest cases happen in crowded areas where the
suspect would touch the victim and move away. In some, the suspect would
spray foam onto the victim and commit molest in the process...

Confidence tricksters continue to use the
"Kidnap Hoax Scam" with 9 cases reported between 1 and 29 November 07
and 19 cases reported between 1 and 6 Dec 07...

Another ruse used by the cheats is to
impersonate themselves as police officers or staff from the Supreme
Court...

This method of cheating surfaced in
September 07 which prompted police to alert members of public. As of 6
December 07, a total of 224 reports were received. The culprits were
unsuccessful in 195 cases, but in 29 cases the victims were cheated of
more than S$275,500 cash...

Between 24 October to 18 November 2007,
Singapore police conducted a series of island-wide raids targeted at
illegal soccer bookmaking activities and arrested a total of 20 persons
for illegal soccer bookmaking and gambling activities...

In his Opening Address, Dr Vivian
Balakrishnan announced the increase of up to 25 per cent in funding for
the 17 social service agencies that are running the Guidance Programme
(GP) - a six-month programme for first-time young offenders to divert
them away from being charged in Court...

Towards the end of the 6-month
programme, the social worker will assess the youth’s overall
progress and make an appropriate recommendation to the Police
Investigation Officer.

Depending on the risks and needs of the
youth, the programme may be extended for up to
six months. The youth, if he completes the programme successfully,
may be let off with a stern Police warning in lieu of prosecution...

At about 6.00 pm today, Chee Siok Chin and
John Tan had walked into Orange Grove Road, which is an area gazetted as
a Protected Area.

Police officers deployed along the
stretch of road first engaged the pair at the junction of Orange
Grove Road and Orchard Rd and advised them that they were about to
enter the protected area and that they should not do so...

They were warned repeatedly that they had
entered the protected area, and should they refuse to leave, they would
be removed. When they ignored the repeated warnings, and still refused
to leave and continued to move forward, police officers led them into a
police vehicle to bring them out of the protected area...

The number of people falling prey to lottery
scam fraudsters remains a concern to Police. In the past month, on
average, 1 Singaporean falls victim to it daily. So far this year, more
than 210 victims have been cheated of over S$2 million...

Since the opening of Phase 1 of the
Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway (KPE) on 26 October 2007, the speed
cameras installed in the KPE tunnel have captured a total of 3,378
vehicles speeding above the prescribed road speed limit of 70km/h in the
first six days.

From 1 November 2007 onwards, persons who
move into or out of Singapore physical currency1 or bearer
negotiable instruments2 (CBNI) the total value of which
exceeds SGD 30,000 (or its equivalent in a foreign currency) will be
required to give a report by filling up a form and submitting it to the
authorities.

The form is available at all checkpoints,
police establishments, Singapore Visitors Centres and branches of
Singapore Post...

The new section 376C (Commercial sex
with minor under 18 outside Singapore) will have extra-territorial
effect so that it would be an offence for Singapore citizens and
Permanent Residents to solicit or engage in commercial sex with
minors under 18 in other countries...

Feedback received highlighted concerns over
female sexual abuse of male minors. On further consideration, we accept
that these younger male children could be exploited by older women.
Consequently, we have decided to make it an offence for a woman to
engage in penile penetrative sexual acts with a male minor under 16 and
to have commercial sex with a male minor under 18...

Whilst prostitution per se is not an
offence, new section 376B (Commercial sex with minor under 18)
will make it an offence for a person to solicit, communicate or
obtain sexual services from a minor under 18 years of age...

In 2006, out of the 6,406 VCH cases, Police
initiated action on behalf of the victims in 468 cases, which accounted
for 7.3 % of the VCH cases reported...

Police will initiate prosecution into VCH
cases where there is harm to the public interest and safety, and when it
is assessed that the assailant is a bully who is taking advantage of the
weak and vulnerable - especially young children, senior citizens and
physically or mentally-disabled persons...

Under the new Act, only dealers who deal in
secondhand goods that are listed in the Schedule will be regulated. This
will be regardless of whether such dealings take place at a shopfront,
via a makeshift stall or over the Internet.

The list of items was drawn up based on
crime data of commonly stolen items. While the existing Act has a wider
list of items, the new regulatory regime has a reduced list which
comprises commonly stolen items. This allows a sharper regulatory focus
in preventing fencing1.

Dealers who deal in items which are not in
the new list will not be regulated. The list of items may also be
revised according to crime trends...

Upon arrival at the Istana, Police officers
observed that Chee Soon Juan and some of his SDP supporters were staging
a demonstration with various placards at the Istana Park.

Police issued repeated warnings against Chee
Soon Juan and four persons who were part of his demonstration group, as
they have contravened the Miscellaneous Offences (Public Order and
Nuisance) (Prohibition of Assemblies and Processions - Istana) Order...

Despite repeated warnings to disperse, Chee
Soon Juan and the others refused to comply and persisted with his
unlawful demonstration. The Police seized the placards and arrested Chee
Soon Juan and others...

About 52% of the agencies which took part
this year attained a Grade B and above as compared to the 24% in 2006.
This is a marked improvement and a good testimony to the rising
standards of the security agencies...

Of the 270 agencies in Singapore , 86
did not participate in the grading exercise. Of these 86, 8
agencies were newly licensed in the period of assessment and
therefore could not be graded...

"Should a private investigator or security
officer be charged with or convicted of a prescribed offence which makes
his continued employment as a private investigator or security officer
undesirable, his licence can be suspended with immediate effect. This
power is provided in Clause 24(5) of the Bill.

"With the introduction of the licensing
schemes for security officers and private investigators, more than 500
private investigators and 30,000 security officers will need to apply
for a licence..."

"Led by the Republic of Singapore Navy's (RSN)
Coastal Command (COSCOM), this annual exercise involves some 2,000
personnel from the RSN, the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) and
the Army, as well as the Police Coast Guard (PCG), the Maritime and Port
Authority of Singapore (MPA), and the Immigration & Checkpoints
Authority (ICA)..."

On 19 August 2007 at about 3.15pm, an
Iranian man was arrested for an offence of theft by sleight of hand. The
man had earlier managed to steal money from foreigners by asking to see
their foreign currency.

"While the figures for outraging of modesty
and cheating and related offences were not significantly different,
index crimes that were significantly higher in Jan-Jun 2007 from the
same period in 2006 were rape, motor vehicle theft, robbery and snatch
theft.

"However, there is no cause for alarm. For
rape, which saw the greatest percentage increase of 32%, the vast
majority of cases (90%) involved offenders who are known to their
victims..."

"From January to July 2007, Police
have received 23 such reports, of which 31 victims have parted
with amounts ranging from $32 to $52,800.

"The fraudsters would typically call
the victims on the pretext of conducting surveys or inviting the
victims to attend overseas events, by claiming to be staff of
overseas companies.''

"To claim their prizes, the victims
were requested to make up-front payments as administrative or
processing fees via remittance companies to China. In some
instances, local accounts were also used..."

"The aim
of the treatment and rehabilitation regime is to give
first and second time abusers a chance at
rehabilitation without the stigmatisation of a
criminal record...

"Recalcitrant abusers with two previous records for
consumption of cannabis or cocaine or that of opiates,
synthetic drugs or buprenorphine who are arrested
again for the consumption of any of these drugs would
be liable for long term imprisonment under the Long
Term (LT) Imprisonment Regime, if convicted..."

"In a 13-hour island-wide operation conducted
from 9.30am to 11.00pm on 11 July 2007, Police busted a major local
distributor and a syndicate involved in the sale and distribution of
counterfeit luxury and sportswear products..."

"At the time of his arrest, he had purchased
an air ticket to Pakistan, where he intended to make contact with a
militant group – the Lashkar e-Tayyiba (LeT) - that could help him train
for ‘militant jihad’ and to cross over into Afghanistan to fight
alongside the Taliban..."

"At about noon on 2 June 07, the culprit, a
freelance web page designer, called the SCDF control room to inform that
there was a bomb at Raffles Place. SCDF immediately reported the call to
the Police...

"Subsequently, around 2.30pm, the same
caller made a second call to the SCDF control room informing that
someone had planted bombs at Orchard Road and the Tanjong Pagar area..."

"For the first quarter of 2007, SPF arrested
920 persons for drink driving, an increase of 22% over the same period
in 2006. Slight injury accidents related to drink driving increased from
about 200 cases in 2004 to 260 cases in 2006.

"Fatal and serious injury accidents related
to drink driving have remained stable over the past 3 years, registering
38 cases, 28 cases and 32 cases in 2004, 2005 and 2006 respectively..."

"Land Transport Authority (LTA), Traffic
Police (TP) and the Tampines Grassroots Organisations (GROs) will be
conducting a study in the Tampines Town to assess the feasibility of
allowing cycling on footways with effect from 27 May 2007.

"The study will last for one year and end on
30 May 2008...

"Currently, under Rule 28 of the Road Traffic
Rules, enacted in 1981, cycling on footways is prohibited. Like any
other vehicles, bicycles are to be ridden on the roads and cyclists are
required to abide by all relevant traffic rules and regulations..."

"Two Police Coast Guard (PCG) officers had
been killed and an unknown number of illegal immigrants gone missing
after the boats which the PCG officers and the illegal immigrants were
in respectively collided at the sea off Tuas last night...

"Two other fellow crew mates on board the
same PCG boat had been rescued. Three illegal immigrants had also been
rescued, together with the recovery of a body of a fourth illegal
immigrant..."

"Seventeen Chinese men aged between 17 to 38
years old believed to be members of an unlicensed moneylending (UML)
syndicate were arrested in an island-wide operation conducted on 12
April 07. More than $130,000 in cash was seized...

"Fifteen premises in Woodlands, Sengkang, Ang
Mo Kio, Toa Payoh, Hougang, Yishun, Sembawang, Serangoon and Changi were
raided during the operation, which lasted from 8pm on 12 April 07 to 1am
on 13 April 07..."

"When asked, the man did not declare any
items. Subsequent screening revealed images that appeared to be guns
within his baggage. A physical check of his check-in carton revealed 20
sets of pellet guns and 5 bottles of pellets. He was subsequently
detained for investigation.

"Police investigated a total of 38 cases
involving airsoft guns in 2006. Since the beginning of this year (2007),
Police have investigated 21 such cases. Most of these airsoft guns were
detected at the airport and other checkpoints, as well as the Singapore
Post Centre..."

"Since the beginning of the year, there have
been 124 cases of snatch theft reported. Of these cases, 67 cases
involved the stealing of handphones...

"More recently on 6 Mar at about
6.45am, a teenaged male victim lost his handphone to a snatch
thief when he was hit on the back of the head whilst walking near
Tampines St 41. The culprit picked up the $100 mobile phone that
the victim dropped and fled with it..."

In 2005, as part of Police’s overall
enforcement strategy, more resources were diverted to ensure greater
police presence on our roads to deter motorists from flouting traffic
rules.

"The public had by then become more aware of the PSLC
deployment through Traffic Police’s website and radio.

"This contributed to the number of
summonses issued for speeding falling 37% to 51,800 in 2005 as
compared to 2004. In 2006, the number of summonses issued for
speeding decreased 13% to 45,130 compared to the 51,800 summonses
issued in 2005..."

"The number of persons killed increased from
173 to 190 in 2006. The number of persons injured increased from 8,226
to 9,706 in 2006, of which 104 suffered serious injuries...

"There was an overall increase in the
number of speed-related accidents, from 1,445 to 1,657 cases in
2006, with the number of speed-related fatal accidents increasing
by 15 cases, from 51 to 66. More than 1 in 3 of all fatal
accidents were speed related..."

"The current
Act does not cover dealers operating without a shop. We
recognise that many secondhand goods dealers today actually
carry on their business via other means, such as on the
Internet, or in an open-air setting like Sungei Road. This
is unacceptable, as thieves and robbers will simply get rid
of their loot through these other dealers who do not have a
shop-front...

"MHA is hence
widening the coverage of the law to include those dealers
who do not operate within a shop. However, in keeping with
the emphasis on a sharper regulatory focus, only dealers who
trade in secondhand goods that are listed in the Schedule
will come under the ambit of the Act..."

"Coincidentally, on the day that Chee
stopped eating (28 Nov 06), the SDP website posted a statement “Dr
Chee Soon Juan’s health deteriorates in prison” and started to
purvey the story that Chee was unwell because of his treatment in
prison.

"Soon after that, several foreign
Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) wrote to express concerns
similar to that purveyed by the SDP over Chee’s health and his
treatment in prison.

"Then just as strangely as Chee had
stopped eating on 28 Nov 06, Chee abruptly resumed eating his
meals on 4 Dec 06. He ate his dinner ordered from a menu of
choices at Changi General Hospital...

"The culprit lured unsuspecting car
enthusiasts in an online motoring forum into parting with their money by
claiming that he was able to get bulk discounts on car parts and
accessories.

"The victims would place orders with the
culprit and make payment electronically. However, the victims never
received their goods. When the victims discovered that they had been
cheated, the culprit taunted them to catch him if they could..."

"Crimes
involving handphones being stolen, which was one of the key
concerns in 2005, decreased significantly, from 2,423 to
1,962 cases, in the first half of 2006...

"The drop in
handphone crimes, despite the continued high mobile phone
penetration rate in Singapore3 , may be in part
due to enhanced public education on such crimes as well as
tighter enforcement against errant second-hand handphone
dealers..."

When Yeo was asked if he had any drugs, Yeo volunteered to bring
drugs to the hotel where he was subsequently arrested with
Ecstasy, ‘Ice’, and Ketamine.

Adrian Yeo was, therefore, not a law-abiding person enticed into
committing an offence by CNB.

In omitting to
highlight the fact that Yeo was a habitual drug abuser, the ST report has misled
readers into thinking that CNB had acted unethically when the
circumstances of the case clearly show the contrary and that CNB
had acted professionally...

Under the new
requirements, establishments administering foot-reflexology,
physiotherapy, traditional massage or curative massage must
ensure that the massage services are conducted in full view
of the public and satisfy the following new requirements
before they are exempted from the provisions of the Act...

To safeguard public health
and safety, masseuses, therapists and reflexologists who are
working or will be working in licensed massage
establishments may be required to undergo and pass a medical
health screening before they can be allowed to work for any
licensed establishment for massage...

On 20 Jun 06 at
about 11.15am, an inmate of Queenstown Remand Prison,
59-year-old, Chan Bing Chaw, was found hanging inside the
cell with a T-shirt around his neck. The T-shirt was secured
to a ventilation grille located on the wall above the cell
door.

"...the victim was told that
the buyers' funds were in blackened United States currency 'notes' held
at the South African Embassy in Singapore. The victim was told to pay
the suspect a sum of USD2,100 purportedly as 'late charges' to secure
the release of the funds..."

CAD has
completed its investigations into the affairs of the NKF and
presented its findings to the Attorney General's Chambers.
After considering the investigation report and the evidence,
the Public Prosecutor has decided to proceed with one charge
each under Section 157 of the Companies Act against Mr
Richard Yong Kun Da and Mr Loo Say San for failing to
exercise reasonable diligence as directors of NKF. The
offence carries a maximum penalty of a fine not exceeding
$5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year.

On the
basis of the evidence available, CAD will not be filing
criminal charges against any other person.

"As for snatch theft, where a person’s
belongings are forcibly snatched away from him, cases involving
handphones have increased from 160 cases in 2004 to 280 cases in
2005 and accounted for 45 per cent of the total number of snatch
theft cases in 2005.

"Of particular concern are the cases
specifically targeting the handphones of young victims, which has
increased from 50 cases in 2004 to 93 cases in 2005.

"Robbery and theft cases involving
handphones remain a key area of concern for the Police. The number
of such cases increased significantly by 42 per cent to 4,830 cases
in 2005.

"This is due to the higher mobile phone
penetration rate in Singapore, thereby giving rise to a larger pool
of potential victims. There are 4.3 million handphone subscribers in
Singapore..."

To discourage
locals from developing into problem gamblers, Section 116 of
the Bill shall require the casino operators to collect an
entry levy from Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents
for every consecutive 24 hours in the casinos or $2,000 for
an annual membership.

This levy
will also underscore the message that gambling is an expense
and not a means to get rich...

Section 108
of the Bill shall prohibit casino and junket operators from
extending credit to Singapore Citizens and Permanent
Residents, unless they maintain a credit balance of at least
$100,000 with the casino operator at the start of their
gaming which would qualify them as premium players.

Automated
Teller Machines or ATMs shall be prohibited within the
casinos under Section 109 of the Bill so that patrons will
not have easy access to their savings accounts to gamble
continuously.

Minors are
also another potentially vulnerable group who may fall prey
to the glamour of the casino, without realising the possible
dangers of gambling. Sections 130 to 137 of the Bill will
prohibit persons below the age of 21 years from entering the
casinos...

"Ever since
September 11 and the arrest of the Jemaah Islamiyah members
in Singapore, we have stepped up our security measures...

"Exercise Northstar V is the largest scale
exercise we have conducted so far. We simulated a scenario with multiple
bomb explosions and a chemical agent release in 4 MRT stations and 1 bus
interchange, to stretch ourselves and test our capabilities..."

"But the number of unlicensed moneylending
and related harassment cases continues to rise: from some 1,500 cases in
1995 to almost 6,000 cases in 2004.

"In some instances, parties who did not
borrow money were also harassed; for example, new occupants of dwellings
that were formerly occupied by debtors and people who had lost or
misplaced their identity cards.

"In addition, the number of arrests made in
harassment cases more than doubled from 123 arrests in 2003 to 284
arrests in 2004..."

"...a recent survey highlighted that for
small medium enterprises, nearly a third of them are still
not fully compliant in the proper usage of software products
in their business environment. This could be as a result of
the use of illegal software or under-licensing the use of
software products...

"The survey also found that among those who
were non-compliant, a significant number were smaller
companies, averaging ten workstations or less. 47.3% of this
group were non-compliant...

Some members of public have
expressed surprise and unhappiness upon learning that
Police are investigating into the recent incident
involving a few white elephant placards erected outside
Buangkok MRT station. A few have also commented that this
is a 'peaceful, humourous' and 'innovative way by ordinary
residents' to 'express public feedback' and questioned the
need for Police to 'over-react' and take the matter so
seriously.

The Police received a 999 call
complaining about the presence of the white elephants
placards along the road divider outside Buangkok MRT
station. When a complaint or report is received or lodged,
Police will have to look into the matter to determine
whether any offence has been committed. As we have stated
earlier, Police are presently investigating the matter
under the Public Entertainments and Meetings Act. The
Police must be fair and transparent at all times and not
investigate cases selectively.

"A pre-dawn raid on 3
locations by the Police on 17 August 2005 saw the arrest of
3 male subjects aged between 16 and
22 years old for distributing infringing copies of copyrighted music on
the Internet.

"We are amending the Registration of Criminals Act
or "RCA" to allow the record of a conviction kept in the Register of Criminals
for a less serious crime to be considered as spent if the person stays clean
after a specified period...

"As we are making a start in this area, we have
decided to do so on a more cautious note, by providing for criminal records to
become spent. In the light of experience gained, we can consider expunging
criminal records in the future..."

"The Home Team has done a good job keeping
Singapore safe and secure. The crime situation remains stable and under
control. The total number of seizable offences rose slightly by 3 per cent to
34,480 offences recorded..."